Awaken Your Inner Psychic

You should know by now that everyone has a certain element of psychic ability. Your abilities largely depend on what you try to do with them and how much you use them. It isn’t as much mystical as it is enhancing all your other senses to seemingly know things others don’t.

Maybe they just aren’t paying attention.

The Difference in a Psychic

Psychics are people who use their gifts to help others while moving on with their day. He or she receives information on a spiritual plane and translates it for those who need to hear it.

Being a psychic is quite different from being a prophet or even a mystic.

Psychics vs. Prophets

A prophet is chosen by God to receive information from the Holy Spirit for a unique purpose. The purpose is usually to bless someone or motivate others to come to God. Sometimes, it's to issue a warning and encourage repentance or prayer.

Psychics vs. Mystics

A mystic is someone who delves into the spiritual realm to acquire knowledge. They may use several things to accomplish this. Their knowledge can be personal or general, like Nostradamus.

Regardless, everyone has some element of psychic ability because we are a soul. A soul is automatically connected with the spiritual side of life, and all it needs is for that connection to be nurtured for gifts to show up.

You must be aware of your gifts to utilize them. Jesus, for instance, was aware of and used all of His spiritual gifts during His life and ministry. These gifts are noted as a sixth sense or extrasensory perception (ESP) because they are something beyond our five senses of smell, taste, touch, sound, and sight.

There are many misunderstandings about the paranormal. You shouldn’t be afraid to use or develop your gifts. After all, Jesus said we could do the same works as Him. It only makes sense that we use the same tools.

A Look at Psychic Abilities

There are many types of psychic abilities and varying degrees of them, but the place to start is with the "clairs." Clair means clear, so anything after that refers to a way of receiving clear messages.

Clairvoyance – Clear Vision

This ability allows you to see things within your head. Some may call these visions or dreams. You can pick up things about people and places by seeing symbols or images.

These people can also see spiritual beings. This is done when the third eye, or 6th chakra, is open and clear. This is how Jesus knew so much about those he talked to daily.

Clairaudience – Clear Hearing

Messages are received audibly in your head but can sometimes be heard externally. Joan of Arc was known to have this gift. This is not to be confused with certain mental conditions where people hear voices.

Messages heard by clairaudience will never be negative or tell you to do horrific things. That is demonic oppression.

Clairsentience – Clear Feeling

This gift allows someone to gather information by touching an object. They have a feeling or somehow know things about others they couldn’t possibly know.

Many psychics who help find missing persons use this ability. It also includes people who experience physical sensations tied to energy.

Claircognizance – Clear Knowing

This is when someone just knows things without proof. They may understand details about a person, event, or deal without any external clues.

Jesus had this ability, as He knew the woman at the well had been married five times and was with another man she wasn’t married to.

Clairempathy – Clear Emotional Feeling

This is where a person feels what another is feeling, both physically and emotionally. Some people pick up on others’ energies without even realizing it.

Jesus certainly had this gift, as He identified with everyone He met.

Clairgustance – Clear Tasting

One of the more unusual gifts, this ability allows a person to experience the taste of something they haven’t eaten. The sensation often carries a message that must be interpreted.

Clairscent – Clear Smelling

This gift involves detecting scents with no physical source. You may suddenly smell your grandmother’s perfume or flowers during a prayer.

Angels and demons are known to carry scents. Angels can smell like flowers and other pleasant aromas, while demons are known to smell like sulfur and burning.

If you smell flowers, bread, or another pleasant scent without a cause, you may have an angel nearby. Conversely, the smell of sulfur could be a warning to leave an area.

Gifts of Revelation or Prophecy

The clairs can be included as prophetic gifts in a sense because they involve knowing things without a logical explanation. However, the Bible takes a deeper dive into what is called prophetic or revelatory gifts. These are gifts given directly by God through the Spirit to certain people called to a specific purpose.

While everyone has a certain amount of clair gifts and can enhance them with practice and awareness, only those who follow God through Jesus can have access to the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

There are nine of these gifts, divided into three groups: doing, speaking, and knowing.

Doing Gifts

• Healing

• Faith

• Working Miracles

Speaking Gifts

• The Gift of Tongues

• The Interpretation of Tongues

• Prophecy (relaying a message from God)

Knowing Gifts

• Words of Knowledge

• Discerning Spirits

• Giving Words of Wisdom

This is where prophets receive "downloads" of information about Scripture or a situation and share insights with those around them.

God can reveal things in any way He chooses—through visions, thoughts, ideas, dreams, or images. However, it’s up to us to interpret them, which can take time.

Energy Healing and Telepathy

Healing by Touch

Healing through prayer or touch occurs across different spiritual paths. While believers can heal others through prayer, other traditions use energy or touch to help those in need.

Telepathy – Psychic Communication

Telepathy is a form of clairvoyance that most people experience without realizing it.

For example, mothers often know when their child needs them or is in danger. You may sense that you need to call someone, only to find out they were about to call you.

Telepathy is a type of energy communication from soul to soul without physical contact. This is what happens when you pray—you are contacting God on a higher plane.

For those who follow Jesus, God lives within them and allows them to act according to His will. Others still have a spiritual connection but may not experience the same personal relationship that believers do.

Using Your Gifts for Good

Regardless of where you stand spiritually, using any gift for love, health, joy, peace of mind, and faith is pleasing to God. Developing your psychic gifts to help others is a high calling that you should strive for.